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Life  in  the 
Great  Beyond 


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The  Law  of  Life 
and  Death 


By 


.  Victor  Segno 


PRESENTATION    EDITION 


No._ 


"Is  there  a  blessing  known? 

Pass  it  on. 

Let   it   travel   down    the  years, 
Let  it  dry  another's  tears, 
'Till  in  Heaven  the  deed  appears, 

Pass  it   on" 


Life  in  the 
Great  Beyond 


or  the 


Law  of  Life  and  Death 


A.  Victor  Segno 


Lps  Angeles,'  California 
The  Se^nogrSjNi-  F*pos>,, 

1911*-  '    ' 


Copyright  1911 
By  A.  Victor  Segno 


Life  in  the  Great  Beyond 

as  told  by  one  now  over  there 


THE  COMPACT 

rN  giving  the  following  record  of  life 
beyond  the  grave,  I  shall  endeavor  to 
give  it  exactly  as  it  was  revealed  to 
me  by  one  who  passed  beyond  this  vale  of 
tears  several  years  ago. 

The  person  referred  to  was,  for  many  years 
before  his  release  from  this  earth,  in  close  com- 
munion with  me  and  we  were  in  perfect  har- 
mony of  both  mind  and  spirit.  So  closely  did 
our  minds  accord  that  either  had  but  to  think 
and  mentally  express  a  wish  and  the  other 
recognized  it  and  responded. 

We  both  felt  satisfied  that  the  truth  regard- 
ing the  after  life  had  never  been  told,  that  it 
is  barely  imagined  by  the  few  and  that  the 
vast  multitude  are  in  absolute  ignorance  of 
what  awaits  them  beyond  the  border.  It  is 
true  that  what  we  call  instinct  constantly 


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urges  us  to  expect  a  future  life,  but  of  what 
character  or  where,  that  has  been  the  un- 
answerable question. 

Much  did  my  companion  and  I  dwell  upon 
this  subject,  with  little  result  except  to  con- 
firm our  belief  in  a  definite  place  to  which  we 
would  go  when  we  stepped  out  of  this  house 
of  flesh.  Believing  it  just  as  reasonable  for 
two  souls  in  harmony  to  communicate  with 
each  other  after  death  as  on  the  earth  plane, 
we  formed  a  compact,  agreeing  that  the  one 
who  passed  out  of  the  material  body  first, 
should  at  the  first  opportunity  communicate 
with  the  other  and  reveal  to  him  what  he  had 
learned  of  the  after  life. 

My  companion  passed  from  this  life  peace- 
fully and  without  regret,  assuring  me  that  he 
would  keep  his  promise.  His  passing  brought 
me  not  a  moment  of  sorrow,  so  confident  was 
I  that  it  was  not  a  permanent  separation,  but 
only  a  spiritual  transformation. 

While  from  time  to  time  I  have  had,  to  me, 
satisfactory  evidence  of  his  continued  harmony 
and  closeness  to  me,  it  was  ten  years  before  a 
communication  came  sufficiently  strong  for  me 
to  take  it  down  in  detail.  In  the  many  soul- 


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talks  between  us  during  the  past  year  he  trans- 
mitted to  me  the  information  I  am  now  writ- 
ing. Careful  note  was  made  of  each  com- 
munication and  on  comparing  them  I  find  no 
contradiction  of  any  previous  statement;  each 
rather  served  to  strengthen  and  prove  the  truth 
of  the  others.  I  recorded  this  information 
exactly  as  it  was  given  to  me  and  I  am  giving 
it  to  the  public  because  I  believe  it  solves 
humanity's  greatest  question.  Because  I  think 
it  will  make  clear  to  us  our  duty  to  self  and 
to  others.  Because  it  will  serve  to  make  each 
man  and  woman  who  reads  it  a  better  being. 
Because  it  points  out  the  way  to  the  greatest 
happiness  thro'  a  certainty  of  a  future  and 
greater  life  to  come.  Because  it  teaches  us 
that  we  are  the  makers  of  our  own  destiny, 
here  and  hereafter;  that  we  can  be  what  we 
really  desire  to  be. 


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FROM  BEYOND  THE  BORDER 

Man  is  not  dust,  man  is  not  dust,  I  say! 

A  lightning  substance  through  his  being  runs; 
A  flame  he  knows  not  of  illumes  his  clay — 

The  cosmic  fire  that  feeds  the  swarming  suns. 
As  giant  worlds,  sent  spinning  into  space, 

Hold  in  their  center  still  the  parent  flame; 
So  man,  within  that  undiscovered  place — 

His  center — stores  the  light  from  which  he  came. 

While  we  were  companions  on  the  earth  I 
promised  you  that  if  there  was  for  me  a  life 
in  the  great  beyond,  I  would,  if  possible,  make 
it  known  to  you,  that  you  might  enlighten 
other  men.  When  I  made  that  promise,  I  had 
no  idea  how  it  would  be  kept,  nor  that  so  much 
time  would  elapse  before  I  could  clearly  con- 
vey to  you  the  desired  information.  While 
the  time  has  been  long  to  you,  yet  the  desire 
and  determination  have  never  left  me,  even 
though  I  soon  learned  that  ahead  of  me  lay  a 
very  difficult  task.  Things  are  so  different 
here  to  what  you  of  the  earth  picture  them  to 
be,  so  different  from  what  I  had  expected  to 
find. 


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I  have  so  much  to  tell,  and,  that  nothing  of 
importance  may  be  omitted,  it  will  be  best  for 
me  to  go  back  and  begin  from  the  moment 
I  left  my  body.  The  night  I  departed  from 
my  earthly  home,  it  was,  I  believe,  about  the 
midnight  hour.  I  ascended  straight  up  through 
the  building  into  the  atmosphere  above  and 
with  the  eyes  of  my  soul  beheld  my  first  sur- 
prise. I  found  myself  among  a  multitude  of 
people  moving  in  all  directions.  I  was  not 
more  than  three  hundred  feet  above  the  earth, 
and  the  town  was  clearly  visible  to  me.  But 
these  people,  where  had  they  come  from?  Had 
they  all  died,  too?  Surely  that  could  not  be, 
for  I  recognized  among  them  many  of  my 
friends  and  acquaintances  whom  I  knew  were 
alive  but  a  short  time  before.  So  I  approached 
one  whom  I  knew  well  and  questioned,  "Are 
you  dead,  too?"  "Why,  no,"  he  replied;  "I 
am  taking  a  few  hours  of  freedom  while  my 
body  lies  wrapped  in  sleep."  Then  the  light 
came  to  me  and  I  understood.  I  remembered 
that  I  had  always  taken  these  hours  of  release 
while  my  body  slept,  for  acquiring  knowledge 
and  strength.  The  ideas  which  I  acquired 
were  used  as  far  as  the  limitations  of  the  bodily 


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functions  would  permit  to  advance  my  earthly 
progress.  Those  that  made  a  deep  impression 
were  next  day  referred  to  by  my  physical  and 
mental  consciousness  as  a  dream,  an  impres- 
sion, or  a  new  idea.  So  I  discovered  that  what 
humanity  calls  dreams  are  the  records  of  those 
impressions  brought  back  to  the  body  after  an 
excursion  made  by  the  soul.  I  soon  learned 
also  that  the  imprisoned  soul  may  travel  to  any 
part  of  the  earth,  but  it  cannot  leave  it.  The 
reason  for  this  I  will  explain  later. 

Sleep  and  death  are  almost  identical,  and  one 
might  honestly  say  he  dies  every  night,  if  there 
were  such  a  thing  as  death,  but  I  have  learned 
that  there  is  not.  After  the  death  of  sleep  the 
soul  returns  to  the  body  because  that  is  its 
home  and  it  cannot  give  expression  on  a  phy- 
sical plane  without  the  organism  of  a  physical 
body  to  act  through,  and  as  the  particular  body 
it  inhabits  was  built  to  fit  its  wants  and  needs 
it  would  be  inconvenienced  and  uncomfortable 
and  therefore  unable  to  give  full  expression  in 
any  other  body,  tho'  I  learned  that  there  are 
instances  where  souls  have  exchanged  bodies 
by  mutual  agreement  and  occasionally  one  has 
stolen  a  body  from  another  only  to  be  later 


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ousted  by  the  real  owner.  Such  exchanges 
always  cause  great  suffering  to  the  body  and 
sometimes  destroy  it.  The  wrong  soul  in  the 
wrong  body  is  the  cause  of  so-called  insanity. 
The  soul  and  physical  organism  are  not  suited 
to  each  other  and  the  expression  is  imperfect 
and  you  call  it  insanity.  Temporary  insanity 
followed  by  days  of  lucidity  results  from  souls 
exchanging  bodies.  When  the  right  soul  is 
at  home  the  body  expresses  correctly;  when  a 
foreign  soul  is  in  the  body  it  is  unable  to  ex- 
press sanely. 

There  are  cases  where  two  small  souls  in- 
habit one  body.     This  can  be  easily  detected 
by    the    two    natures    exhibiting    themselves 
through  the  one  body.     The  pair  of  souls  are 
usually  male  and    female  and    generally    get 
along  very  well  together,   having   selected   a 
single  body  as  their  home  because  of  an  in- 
tense desire  to  be  together.     Such  bodies  are 
often  credited  with  having  talent  and  genius. 
A  soul  is  at  all  times  conscious  of  its  acts, 
both  in  and  out  of  the  body,  but  the  body  or 
brain  is  only  conscious  of  the  acts  of  the  soul, 
while  in  the  body;  hence,  all  knowledge  of  the 
soul  life  is  lost  to  the  body  from  the  time  the 


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soul  leaves  until  it  returns.  That  is  the  one 
obstacle  that  has  stood  in  the  way  and  pre- 
vented humanity  knowing  to  a  certainty  the 
nature  of  the  spiritual  life.  That  is  both  logi- 
cal and  reasonable,  for  the  body,  of  itself,  has 
no  means  of  obtaining  knowledge,  and  has  no 
element  in  its  construction  that  is  immortal. 
From  and  of  the  earth  it  came  and  unto  the 
earth  it  returns  again. 

Bear  this  one  fact  in  mind,  that,  while  in  the 
body,  the  soul  is  a  prisoner  and  can  express 
itself  only  as  the  condition  or  construction  of 
the  body  will  permit.  When  it  is  out  of  the 
body  it  can  grow  and  develop,  but  during  that 
time  there  remains  no  spiritual  connection  be- 
tween the  soul  and  the  body,  for  the  body  is 
wholly  material.  It  would  be  as  reasonable  to 
take  the  steam  out  of  an  engine  and  expect 
it  to  go  on  working,  or  the  fire  out  of  a  furnace 
and  expect  it  to  go  on  heating,  as  to  expect  the 
body  to  go  on  recording  the  soul  life  while 
the  soul  is  absent.  While  I  knew  these  things 
when  I  was  away  from  my  body,  yet  I  was 
never  able  to  remember  them  when  back  in 
the  body,  and  all  that  remained  of  my  knowl- 
edge was  a  faint  instinct  or  assurance  that 


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there  was  another  life  somewhere  and  that  I 
was  immortal. 

The  night  of  my  departure  from  the  earth 
I  saw  and  realized  this  so  clearly  that  I  knew 
I  could  in  time  communicate  it  to  you.  I  also 
knew  that  before  starting  on  my  long  journey 
I  could,  if  I  so  wished,  make  myself  visible  to 
you,  or  to  any  one  for  whom  I  had  a  strong 
attachment,  but  I  refrained  for  fear  of  alarming 
you. 


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THE  JOURNEY 

I  felt  so  free  and  strong  that  I  would  gladly 
have  spent  some  time  with  the  souls  that  were 
enjoying  their  temporary  freedom,  but  I  be- 
came possessed  of  an  irresistible  impulse 
that  drew  me  upward  and  onward.  As  to  where 
I  was  going  I  knew  not;  I  was  merely  follow- 
ing an  unexplained  feeling  that  I  was  fulfilling 
a  part  of  my  destiny.  I  did  not  fly,  neither  did 
I  make  any  effort  to  propel  myself;  I  just 
glided  through  space.  It  seemed  as  though 
I  was  being  drawn  toward  a  new  sphere  as 
by  some  mighty  magnet.  I  knew  not  how  fast 
I  was  traveling  or  for  how  long ;  I  had  no  rec- 
ord of  time.  It  might  have  been  several  days ; 
I  cannot  say.  On  the  journey,  I  met  other  souls 
going  in  the  opposite  direction,  but  none  over- 
took me  going  my  way.  I  traveled  entirely 
alone.  This  gave  me  much  time  for  reflec- 
tion on  the  wonderfulness  of  the  laws  that  so 
carefully  regulated  the  affairs  of  the  universe 
that  plans  were  made  and  executed  for  the 
benefit  of  a  single  soul  like  myself.  I  was  con- 


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scious  that  I  was  obeying  some  divine  law  and 
that  I  was  being  considered  and  provided  for. 

I  thought  much  of  you  and  of  the  millions  of 
souls  back  on  the  earth,  held  prisoners  there, 
and  wondered  why  they  were  left  and  I  was 
chosen.  When  later  this  question  was  an- 
swered for  me,  I  was  indeed  filled  with  sur- 
prise. In  fact,  my  life  since  I  left  the  earth 
has  been  one  continuous  flow  of  revelations. 

After  traveling  for  what  seemed  a  long  time 
I  realized  that  I  was  approaching  another  earth 
or  planet.  Nearer  and  nearer  I  came.  I  felt 
no  apprehensions.  It  seemed  perfectly  natural, 
as  though  I  had  done  the  same  thing  before.  I 
soon  saw  that  the  planet  I  was  approaching 
was  very  much  larger  than  the  earth  I  had  left, 
and  as  I  was  on  the  daylight  side  and  the  sun 
was  shining  down  on  it,  I  soon  saw  that  it 
was  a  very  beautiful  world.  Flowers,  trees 
and  lakes  were  everywhere,  and  such  magnifi- 
cent, artistic  buildings.  One  could  see  that 
it  was  the  product  of  a  higher  intelligence  than 
that  exhibited  on  our  earth.  The  people  I 
beheld  were  so  stately  and  wonderfully  formed. 

For  several  hours  I  floated  around  and  over 
this  world  as  though  waiting  for  more  instruc- 


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tion  or  some  power  to  guide  me  to  my  new 
home,  for  I  now  felt  certain  that  this  lovely 
world  was  to  be  my  home,  at  least  for  a  time. 
From  the  time  the  sun  went  down  until  late 
in  the  night,  I  traveled  in  gradually  narrowing 
circles  over  a  large  city  which  later  I  learned 
was  called  "Alpha"  or  "The  First,"  it  being 
the  oldest  and  largest  on  the  planet.  An  im- 
pulse came  to  me  to  descend.  I  did  so  and  en- 
tered a  house,  and  then  I  understood.  Destiny 
had  prepared  a  new  physical  house  for  me — a 
beautiful  new  young  body  was  mine,  and  I  was 
born  again. 


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WHY  WE  INHABIT  THE  EARTH 

For  the  first  three  years,  owing  to  the  ex- 
treme youth  of  my  new  body,  I  was  unable  to 
express  much  of  my  individuality,  but  neverthe- 
less I  thought  of  you  often  and  felt  at  times 
that  you  received  my  thoughts  and  knew  that 
I  would  keep  my  promise.  Of  later  years,  my 
advancement  has  been  more  rapid  and  I  have 
learned  much  for  one  seemingly  so  young,  but 
here  I  find  knowledge  to  be  easily  acquired; 
my  case  being  no  exception  to  the  rule.  Many 
of  the  things  I  have  learned  could  be  of  no 
benefit  to  you  while  you  remain  on  the  earth, 
so  I  will  confine  myself  to  telling  you  only 
those  things  which  will  be  useful  to  you  and 
to  your  fellow  men. 

First,  I  must  tell  you  what  your  earth  is,  and 
why  and  how  it  is  populated  and  from  where 
the  souls  come  that  inhabit  it.  This  statement 
may  puzzle  you,  but  if  you  will  follow  me 
closely  I  will  make  it  clear  to  you. 

The  earth  is  an  outcast  and  differs  from  all 


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other  planets  in  that  it  is  dominated  by  the 
conflicting  influences  from  many  other  planets. 
Each  of  the  other  planets,  as  far  as  I  have  been 
able  to  ascertain,  has  a  distinct  class  of  in- 
habitants— people  that  are  characteristic  of 
that  particular  planet.  The  earth  has  twelve 
distinct  classes,  which  you  have  heard  of  as  the 
twelve  tribes  of  Israel,  and  thousands  of  varia- 
tions which  have  been  produced  by  the  inter- 
marriage of  one  class  with  another,  thus 
forming  a  conglomerate  mass  of  tongues  and 
natures  and  religions.  The  varied  and  conflict- 
ing ideas  and  emotions  of  these  different  classes 
of  souls  keep  the  people  in  a  constant  turmoil; 
each  instinctively  distrusting  or  hating  the 
others  and  ever  watching  for  the  chance  to 
take  advantage  of  them.  As  a  result,  real  hap- 
piness is  a  very  brief  and  temporary  condition 
on  the  earth.  Among  the  earth's  inhabitants 
there  exists  an  abnormal  desire  for  those  things 
which  when  attained  bring  about  the  person's 
destruction.  That  which  is  harmful  to  possess 
immediately  becomes  attractive  and  develops 
into  a  consuming  passion  for  its  attainment. 
That  which  is  beneficial  and  for  the  good  of 
the  person  is  usually  distasteful  and  is  avoided 


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at  any  cost.  ^An  unconscious  desire  for  self- 
destruction  thus  underlies  all  other  desires  and 
the  disastrous  experience  of  one  is  no  guide 
or  warning  to  another.)  Under  these  conditions 
it  becomes  impossible  for  the  inhabitants  of  the 
earth  to  accomplish  much  of  value  because  their 
emotions  and  misguided  desires  soon  destroy 
them.  Yet  the  law  of  the  earth  makes  it  so. 
The  earth  is  the  battle  ground  on  which  each 
soul  must  rise  or  fall  in  his  fight  between  the 
good  and  the  evil.  These  desires  are  made  to 
test  his  strength  of  purpose  and  his  right  to 
advance  to  more  ideal  conditions. 

The  earth  is  known  to  us  and  to  the  in- 
habitants of  the  other  planets  as  the  place 
of  eternal  torment,  where  sinners  from  all  the 
other  worlds  are  sent  as  in  exile  to  expiate 
their  transgressions  of  the  divine  law.  The 
earth  is  that  place  your  many  religious  sects 
designate  as  "Hell,"  and  as  such  it  is  recog- 
nized on  all  the  planets. 

The  universe  is  divided  into  twelve  divisions. 
The  planets  located  in  each  of  these  divisions 
is  inhabited  by  a  particular  type  of  people. 
Distinct  in  the  degree  of  intelligence  and  ad- 


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vancement  from  all  other  divisions.  Beginning 
with  the  first  division  and  advancing  to  the 
twelfth,  each  division  represents  a  distinct 
character  of  intelligence,  each  being  necessary 
to  the  complete  or  perfect  intelligence.  Each 
of  the  divisions  is  ruled  by  a  Division  Ruler, 
who  is  responsible  to  the  Mighty  Ruler  over  all, 
located  in  the  Celestial  Heaven. 

The  twelve  divisions  of  the  universe  have 
names  which  correspond  to  the  following: 
Ahbo,  Ahco,  Ahdo,  Ahfo,  Ahgo,  Ahko,  Ahlo, 
Ahmo,  Ahno,  Ahpo,  Ahro  and  Ahso.  On  each 
of  the  planets  in  these  divisions  there  is  a  judg- 
ment time  every  year  when  all  the  souls 
thereon  who  have  gained  a  sufficient  degree  of 
development  and  perfection  are  liberated  from 
their  bodies  and  sent  on  a  journey  to  their 
new  and  fairer  home  in  another  division. 
Those  who  have  not  lived  according  to  the 
laws  of  the  planet  on  which  they  reside,  and 
have  shown  a  disregard  for  the  Creator's 
wishes  and  their  own  advancement,  are  sent 
in  exile  to  the  land  of  torment  (the  earth) 
until  such  time  as  they  shall  see  the  error  of 
their  ways  and  show  an  honest  desire  to  pro- 


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ceed  with  the  work  of  physical  and  soul  per- 
fecting. This  judgment  period  lasts  for  about 
one  month  on  the  planets  in  each  division. 
Following  the  judgment  month  in  Ahbo  comes 
the  judgment  of  Ahco  and  so  on  forever 
without  omission. 

Those  who  are  exiled  soon  throw  off  their 
material  bodies  and  depart  for  the  earth,  there 
to  take  up  their  abode  in  a  newly-born  phy- 
sical body  where  they  remain  until  they  have 
made  themselves  worthy  to  be  again  accepted 
in  the  society  of  the  planet  from  which  they 
were  exiled.  There  is  a  law  that  determines 
the  character  of  the  bodies  these  recreant  souls 
shall  occupy  while  on  the  earth.  That  is,  unto 
whom  they  shall  be  born  as  children  and  who 
shall  be  called  upon  to  assume  the  responsi- 
bility of  their  education  and  development. 
This  selection  is  made  as  much  with  a  view 
to  developing  and  advancing  the  parents  as 
of  the  newcomer. 

It  is  well  known  on  the  earth  that  children 
born  in  different  months  have  different  quali- 
fications and  characteristics.  This  results 


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from  the  influx  of  exiled  souls  from  the  twelve 
different  divisions  of  the  universe.  Those  who 
are  exiled  during  January  reach  the  earth  dur- 
ing the  last  half  of  the  month  and  the  first 
half  of  February.  They  come  from  the  divi- 
sion called  Ahbo  and  you  can  recognize  them 
by  certain  marked  characteristics. 


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THE  DIVISIONS 

Ahbo 

The  souls  that  come  from  Ahbo  are  recog- 
nized by  the  following  characteristics :  A  quick, 
receptive  mind,  a  noble  progressive  nature 
with  a  touch  of  originality  and  possessing  a 
taste  for  the  fine  arts  and  the  occult,  and 
sometimes  the  ability  to  express  themselves  in 
either  music,  poetry,  literature  or  painting. 
They  dream  many  brilliant  pictures  which  the 
limiting  conditions  of  the  earth  will  not  permit 
them  to  execute.  On  their  own  planet  they  are 
a  highly  educated,  cultured  people,  with  much 
inspiration,  and  they  create  very  beautiful  ele- 
vating things.  Even  on  the  earth  they  are  the 
students,  thinkers  and  reformers  who  support 
and  advance  any  and  all  innovations  that  tend 
toward  the  higher  development  of  mankind. 
If  the  earth  is  ever  raised  in  its  moral  and 
religious  tone,  it  will  be  largely  as  a  result  of 
the  efforts  of  these  people  from  Ahbo.  They 
are  optimistic  and  buoy  up  their  associates  and 
find  in  others  the  undeveloped  good  and  bring 


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it  into  action.  They  are  generous  and  over- 
look the  errors  of  others.  They  are  sensitive 
and  submissive  rather  than  aggressive  in  man- 
ner, but  yet  rather  radical  and  determined  at 
heart.  Their  inherent  dignity  and  excellent 
reason  impel  them  to  push  their  reforms  in  a 
quiet,  persistent,  logical  manner,  reaching  the 
hearts  of  men  by  means  of  the  pen.  While 
modest  and  retiring  in  demeanor  they  are  not 
weak  or  faint-hearted.  They  are  valiant  and 
strong  and  pass  through  bitter  trials  with  a 
sublimity  and  nobleness  that  knows  no  fear. 
They  have  been  purified  and  ennobled  by  their 
experiences  in  working  their  way  through  the 
eleven  divisions  and  into  the  twelfth.  These 
are  the  people  who  are  acquiring  the  last  de- 
tails of  perfection  before  passing  into  the 
Celestial  Heaven.  Their  acquaintance  should 
be  cultivated  by  all  mankind,  for  they  possess 
the  power  to  assist  others  to  more  quickly 
overcome  the  errors  which  hold  them  to  the 
earth.  The  people  from  the  other  divisions 
often  become  jealous  of  these  more  ideal 
brothers  and  try  to  do  them  harm  by  placing 
them  in  a  false  light  before  the  eyes  of  others, 
not  realizing  that  by  such  action  they  delay 


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their    own    progress    toward    more    favored 
spheres. 

Bear  this  in  mind,  that  all  men  err  and  that 
all  are  punished  for  and  by  their  errors  and 
that  none  can  err  and  escape  the  corresponding 
punishment.  Although  these  men  from  Ahbo 
are  passing  a  period  on  the  earth  to  expiate 
some  error,  yet  they  will  on  their  return  be 
but  a  short  period  from  the  Heaven  all  men 
are  aspiring  to  reach.  Again  I  say,  seek  out 
these  people  and  cultivate  their  acquaintance, 
for  you  can  learn  much  from  them  that  will 
help  you  to  the  sooner  reach  the  goal  of  your 
desire. 

Ahco 

The  souls  that  reach  the  earth  during  the 
last  half  of  February  and  the  first  half  of  March 
come  from  Ahco,  the  eleventh  division,  and  are 
in  development  just  one  degree  removed  from 
the  people  from  Ahbo.  In  some  respects,  they 
are  alike,  especially  in  their  love  of  nature,  the 
occult,  art  and  literature,  and  in  the  sacrifice  of 
self  in  the  effort  to  buoy  up  others  who  do  not 
appreciate  their  good  intentions.  They  are 
liwewise  modest  and  generous  and,  being  re- 


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liable  themselves,  put  trust  in  other  men  only 
to  suffer  severe  disappointments.  They  differ 
from  the  people  of  Ahbo  in  that  they  easily 
become  discouraged  and  do  not  possess  that 
degree  of  fortitude  and  courage  necessary  to 
carry  them  safely  over  severe  disappointments. 
They  have  that  quality  yet  to  acquire  before 
they  can  progress  to  the  twelfth  division. 
The  people  of  Ahco  are  extravagant  in  the  use 
of  their  emotions  and  they  wear  out  their 
strength  in  emotional  action.  They  lack  that 
quiet  subtle  control  which  would,  if  possessed, 
conserve  their  forces.  With  them  it  is  more 
blessed  to  give  than  to  receive,  and  none  ask 
of  them  in  vain.  They  are  too  generous  for 
their  personal  good.  They  succeed  best  in  pro- 
fessional careers  where  they  can  express  them- 
selves through  their  emotions  and  by  appeal- 
ing to  the  emotions  of  others.  Morbidness, 
induced  through  fancied  wrong,  where  usually 
none  exists,  often  inclines  them  toward  bodily 
destruction  when  they  are  in  exile  to  the  earth. 
On  their  own  planet  they  are  not  so  inclined, 
but  the  consciousness  that  their  sojourn  on  the 
earth  is  a  punishment  makes  them  extremely 
sensitive. 


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These  people  like  change  of  scene  and  travel 
and  a  certain  amount  of  it  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary to  their  mental  and  physical  well-being 
and  soul  development.  They  are  true  of  heart, 
unselfish  in  devotion  and  possess  minds  rich  in 
knowledge  and  make  desirable  companions. 
They  possess  a  faculty  of  being  able  to  bring 
success  out  of  the  half-formed  or  the  badly 
executed  plans  of  others,  and  their  greatest 
achievements  are  accomplished  in  partnership 
with  a  less  executive  person.  Theirs  is  the 
power  of  co-operation  and  far-reaching  sym- 
pathy. Take  no  undue  advantage  of  their 
generosity  and  confidence,  and  make  an  effort 
to  enthuse  them  with  a  brighter  hope  and  a 
more  permanent  courage,  and  you  will  be  doing 
a  good  work  for  the  Master,  for  has  he  not  said 
that  "As  ye  do  it  unto  the  least  of  them  ye  do 
it  unto  me"? 

The  higher  we  climb  the  more  difficult  it  be- 
comes to  hold  on,  and  thus  it  is  that  there  is 
great  danger  for  those  in  the  higher  spheres. 
They  sometimes  become  blinded  and  confused 
by  the  great  illuminated  truths  of  their  sur- 
roundings, and  let  go  and  fall  back  to  a  degree 
from  which  they  have  to  work  up  again.  Thus 


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it  is  that  we  find  subjects  from  the  eleventh  and 
twelfth  divisions  on  the  earth.  They  became 
timid  at  a  critical  moment  and  failed.  The  next 
time  they  will  probably  do  better.  The  fol- 
lowing ten  divisions  are  not  given  in  the  con- 
secutive order  of  their  spiritual  advancement. 

Ahdo 

Those  souls  that  reach  the  earth  during  the 
last  half  of  March  and  the  first  half  of  April 
come  from  Ahdo.  They  are  a  martial  people 
with  a  spirit  of  determination  that  forces  them 
to  victory  or  death.  Often  undecided  as  to  a 
career  to  follow,  but  once  this  indecision  is 
ovrcome  and  they  see  their  duty,  they  are  con- 
tent to  follow  it  at  any  cost.  Naturally  strong 
and  full  of  power  they  become  leaders  of  the 
other  tribes  they  find  on  the  earth.  Being 
strong  and  resourceful  themselves  they  have 
little  sympathy  with  weakness  in  others.  They 
are  most  often  conquered  by  their  own  pas- 
sions, for  being  egotistical  they  deliberately 
ignore  the  frailties  of  those  they  love  and  thus 
lay  themselves  at  the  feet  of  deception.  They 
are  extravagant  in  the  use  of  the  goods  of  the 
earth,  and  the  women,  though  natural  leaders, 


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fritter  away  money  with  an  obstinate  deter- 
mination that  brooks  no  restraint.  They  de- 
mand independence  and  become  irritated  at  the 
slightest  intimation  of  disapproval  or  restric- 
tion. They  love  adventure  and  intrigue. 

The  men  find  their  greatest  expression  in 
politics  and  war.  They  are  careless  of  their 
physical  body,  subjecting  it  to  unnecessary 
danger,  for  which  indifference  they  must  pay 
to  nature  her  price.  Theirs  is  a  life  of  emo- 
tions and  sensations — joy  or  sorrow — and  they 
depend  more  upon  what  they  feel  than  upon 
what  they  know.  The  curiosity  to  peep  behind 
the  scenes  of  life  takes  them  into  strange  places 
and  they  evolve  unique  theories  respecting  the 
future  after  death. 

Their  life  on  the  earth  is  not  a  smooth  one, 
for  they  would  not  have  it  so.  Better  suffering 
than  no  sensations  at  all.  They  are  highly 
strung  and  the  strings  of  their  nature  must 
be  kept  vibrating,  hence  they  indulge  in  the 
bad  as  well  as  the  good,  for  the  experience 
it  gives  them.  Action,  action,  action,  seems 
to  be  their  keynote.  They  are  ever  trying  for 
that  which  seems  out  of  their  reach.  Love  in 
its  true  sense  is  more  or  less  of  a  stranger  to 


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them.  They  are  more  fiery,  passionate  and 
demonstrative  than  affectionate  and  are  not 
suited  for  the  responsibilities  of  married  life. 
These  people  are  much  misunderstood  by  the 
other  tribes  and  are  more  to  be  pitied  than  cen- 
sured because  of  their  nature.  This,  however, 
will  be  toned  and  refined  in  the  fire  of  their 
own  passions  in  the  passing  through  the  calmer 
spheres. 

Ahfo 

The  souls  which  reach  the  earth  between  the 
middle  of  April  and  the  middle  of  May  come 
from  the  planets  located  in  the  division  called 
Ahfo.  These  people  represent  light  and 
strength.  They  desire  to  grow  and  expand  and 
fulfill  the  wishes  of  their  Creator  in  carrying 
out  their  destiny.  They  possess  physical 
vigor,  moral  strength  and  mental  activity. 
They  do  things  and  seem  capable  of  under- 
standing the  most  visionary  plans  of  others 
and  carrying  them  to  completion.  They  are 
the  most  practical,  useful,  dependable  people 
that  come  to  the  earth.  Self-reliance,  internal 
courage  and  the  intuitive  ability  of  divining 
public  sentiment,  render  them  capable  of  be- 


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coming  successful  in  finance  and  politics. 
Their  buoyancy  of  spirit  often  compels  success 
where  a  weaker  heart  would  have  failed.  To 
them  are  often  given  positions  of  trust  in  pub- 
lic affairs,  but  they  must  be  allowed  to  carry 
out  their  plans  in  their  own  way  and  at  their 
own  time.  Steady  persistence  and  unbiased 
judgment  win  for  them  a  firm  footing  in  finan- 
cial affairs  and  as  bankers  they  never  betray 
the  trust  of  the  people.  They  make  many 
friends  and  adapt  themselves  to  their  environ- 
ments. They  are  seldom  talkative  or  highly 
imaginative  for  their  knowledge  lies  deep. 
The  women  of  this  tribe  are  faithful  and  un- 
wavering in  their  devotion  and  by  their  in- 
herent dignity  and  pride  demand  the  same 
degree  of  honor  and  fidelity  from  their  mate. 
The  homes  of  these  people  are  "Havens  of 
Rest."  Love  of  order,  elegance  and  space  in- 
clines them  to  build  their  homes  on  a  large 
and  expensive  scale  and  surround  them  with 
grounds  and  parks.  Home  comes  first  in  their 
estimation  and  fame  must  take  the  second 
place. 


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Ahgo 

The  souls  that  arrive  on  the  earth  during  the 
latter  half  of  May  and  the  first  half  of  June 
come  from  within  the  division  of  Ahgo.  Of 
all  the  tribes  these  people  are  the  most  scin- 
tillating and  changeable.  Theirs  is  a  nature 
as  variable  as  the  winds.  They  are  an  inter- 
esting combination  of  seeming  contradictions. 
Resulting  from  the  fact  that  they  possess  no 
defined  lines  of  thought,  but  act  as  the  re- 
ceivers of  impressions,  vibrations  and  impulses 
from  others.  These  they  express  as  their  own 
and  for  them  receive  the  corresponding  praise 
or  censure.  They  understand  themselves  no 
better  than  others  understand  them.  All 
actions  and  emotions  are  spasmodic.  They 
love  one  moment  and  may  not  the  next.  They 
plan  to  do  one  thing  and  as  likely  do  the  op- 
posite. They  can  give  no  reason  for  theid 
acts  and  changes.  They  are  a  mystery  even 
to  themselves.  These  wavering  spirits  are  not 
bad  naturally,  but  rather  incline  to  progress 
upward  than  downward.  Much,  however,  de- 
pends upon  their  environments  and  direct 
associates.  As  entertainers  they  gain  their 
greatest  success.  Their  scintillating  wit  inter- 


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spersed  with  occasional  inspirational  flashes 
of  genius  make  them  intensely  interesting. 
They  like  to  entertain  and  be  entertained,  and 
the  rounds  of  domestic  and  business  life  is  a 
burden  to  them.  Their  restless  spirit  reaches 
forth  unceasingly  toward  changes  of  thought, 
scene  and  condition.  They  possess  a  strong 
love  of  the  sea  and  much  of  their  romance  and 
happiness  is  connected  with  the  water.  They 
are  not  very  successful  in  a  commercial  way 
for  they  are  too  generous,  extravagant  and 
unselfish  to  make  gain  from  another's  loss. 

Ahko 

Those  exiled  souls  who  travel  to  the  earth 
during  the  last  half  of  June  and  the  first  half 
of  July  are  from  the  division  of  Ahko.  These 
people  are  distinguished  by  two  very  marked 
characteristics ;  sensitiveness  regarding  self 
and  gloomy  forebodings.  Though  gifted  in 
many  ways,  it  is  difficult  to  define  their  exact 
qualifications,  for  they  are  unstable  and 
changeable.  They  undertake  a  course  and 
then  some  fancied  slight  from  one  whom  they 
care  for  brings  on  a  period  of  discouragement 
and  they  give  up  their  plans. 


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In  matters  that  do  not  touch  their  personal- 
ity they  are  stubborn  and  unyielding,  but 
personal  sensitiveness  is  ever  their  undoing. 
They  demand  appreciation,  homage  and  even 
flattery  and  are  not  comfortable  without  them. 
They  are  fond  of  talking  of  their  real  or  sup- 
posed ailments,  to  gain  sympathy.  They  like 
to  travel  and  the  gratification  of  that  desire 
is  only  limited  by  the  amount  of  money  they 
can  secure  for  the  purpose.  They  like  display 
and  often  rob  the  mind  and  stomach  to  clothe 
the  body.  Their  self  interest  precludes  them 
becoming  greatly  interested  in  the  lives  of 
others.  Consequently  they  fail  to  make  due 
allowance  for  the  inherent  weakness  of  other 
people.  While  domestically  inclined  they 
chafe  and  fret  under  home  restraint. 

A  noticeable  characteristic  of  these  people 
is  the  difference  in  their  views  on  the  same 
subject  during  the  light  and  the  dark  of  the 
day.  What  appears  as  truth  to  them  at  night 
may  appear  as  false  in  the  daylight.  They  are 
never  prodigal  in  their  generosity.  They 
hoard  rather  than  give,  for  they  have  an  ever 
increasing  fear  of  poverty  in  old  age.  Many 
of  these  people,  both  men  and  women,  become 


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successful  public  speakers,  as  their  minds  are 
active  and  the  elocutionary  powers  strong. 
They  are  also,  fortunate  as  manufacturers,  for 
they  have  a  genius  for  working  out  new  prin- 
ciples and  improving  upon  mechanical  devices. 
When  forced  to  it  they  make  a  very  fair  suc- 
cess of  business. 

Ahlo 

Those  souls  that  reach  the  earth  during  the 
latter  half  of  July  and  the  first  half  of  August 
come  from  the  region  of  Ahlo.  These  people 
are  generous,  sympathetic,  kind  hearted  and 
impulsive  to  a  dangerous  degree.  They  are 
courageous  and  determined,  and  act  from  the 
heart  and  not  from  the  head,  and  are  managed 
only  through  love  and  sympathy.  They  are 
builders  and  worshipers  of  the  ideal  as  against 
the  realities  of  life.  They  are  naturally  filled 
with  emotions  of  love  and  cannot  live  without 
sympathy  and  affection.  They  seek  for  it  and 
they  find  it,  and  if  necessary  will  die  for  it,  and 
are  not  always  particular  as  to  the  source  from 
which  it  comes.  Their  choice  of  companions 
is  often  criticised. 

They  are  also  lovers  of  amusement,  and  it  is 


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usually  the  dreamy,  sensuous  diversions  that 
appeal  to  them,  for  they  dislike  physical  exer- 
tion, and  mental  effort  is  equally  distasteful. 
They  prefer  to  make  use  of  the  thoughts  which 
they  attract  to  them  from  other  brains.  They 
are  inspirational,  intuitional  and  spontaneous 
and  spend  no  time  in  philosophizing  on  life 
or  studying  its  intricacies.  They  possess  a 
personal  magnetism  that  sways  and  inspires 
and  compels  support  from  all  ranks  of  men. 
These  people  attain  success  in  the  theatrical 
world  when  they  are  willing  to  give  time  to 
the  work.  Even  then  they  act  largely  from 
intuition,  as  they  dislike  study.  In  music  they 
can  also  do  well.  As  most  of  these  people 
inherit  a  goodly  share  of  physical  beauty  of 
face  and  form  and  retain  their  youthful  ap- 
pearance and  exuberance  of  spirit  beyond  the 
average  age,  they  find  the  best  opportunities 
for  the  display  of  their  charms  and  talents 
in  the  theater,  the  pulpit,  the  courts,  and  places 
of  public  amusement. 

Ahmo 

The  souls  that  take  up  a  residence  on  the 
earth  during  the  latter  part  of  August  and  the 


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first  three  weeks  of  September  come  from  the 
planets  in  the  division  of  Ahmo.  These  people 
possess  a  materialistic,  matter-of-fact  turn  of 
mind;  a  keen  insight  into  human  nature  and  a 
cold,  calculating  estimate  of  life.  They  are 
qualified  for  success  as  lawyers,  chemists,  de- 
signers, scholars,  philosophers,  journalists, 
novelists  or  politicians.  They  are  daring, 
cunning  and  resourceful.  Their  investigative 
turn  of  mind  often  leads  them  into  trouble; 
especially  is  this  true  when  it  leads  them  to 
pry  into  the  personal  affairs  of  their  friends 
and  make  use  of  the  information  so  obtained. 
An  inconsistency  in  the  lives  of  these  people 
is  their  inability  to  cope  with  their  family 
troubles  and  misunderstandings  which  they 
themselves  may  have  created.  Domestic  strife 
seems  to  paralyze  them  and  make  them  men- 
tally and  physically  ill.  An  unfortunate 
matrimonial  alliance  will  do  more  to  wreck  the 
career  of  one  of  these  people  than  any  other 
one  thing.  In  their  home  relations  they  are 
not  tender  and  demonstrative,  but  rather  main- 
tain a  respectful  formality.  They  are  more 
interested  in  match  making  for  their  friends 
than  for  themselves.  With  them  sympathy 


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once  lost  is  slow  to  recover.  While  practical 
and  indomitable  in  most  matters,  yet  they 
crave  appreciation  of  their  intellectual  au- 
thority. This  they  generally  receive,  for  they 
are  persistent  readers  and  acquire  and  retain 
much  knowledge,  and  they  are  particularly 
clever  in  the  use  of  the  acquired  wisdom. 
They  are,  however,  unjust,  in  that  they  criti- 
cise the  work  of  those  younger  or  less  ex- 
perienced, forgetting  that  the  great  should  be 
just,  if  not  generous. 

The  women  of  this  tribe  are  especially  fond 
of  finery  and  of  social  leadership,  and  will  go 
to  dangerous  extremes  to  procure  them  if  need 
be.  They  can  detect  an  advantage  in  a  busi- 
ness transaction  where  others  could  not  see  it. 
Neither  the  men  nor  the  women  let  many 
opportunities  escape. 

Though  frail  and  delicate  in  outward  ap- 
pearance, these  people  possess  remarkable 
vitality  and  recuperative  powers  that  defy 
the  ravages  of  disease  and  age.  Few  of  them 
are  financially  poor,  for  their  practical  utili- 
tarian estimate  of  life  is  a  promise  of  at  least 
moderate  success.  They  do  not  travel  much, 
but  drift  instinctively  toward  shops,  schools, 


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and  cities  where  they  can  study  the  thought 
movements  and  motives  of  other  men. 

Ahno 

Those  souls  reaching  the  earth  during  the 
last  week  of  September  and  the  first  three 
weeks  of  October  come  from  the  region  of 
Ahno. 

These  people  possess  rare  good  judgment, 
liberality  of  thought  and  impartial  justice,  and 
are  qualified  to  fill  high  positions  by  the  sheer 
force  of  right.  Born  leaders,  these  people  are 
poor  followers.  Their  minds  are  too  origi- 
native and  their  ideas  too  advanced  to  per- 
mit of  them  fitting  into  the  prearranged  plans 
of  other  men.  Theirs  is  the  magnetic  power 
that  enables  physicians  to  lead  their  patients 
to  recover;  ministers  their  followers  to  glory; 
women  their  favorites  to  destruction  and  gen- 
erals their  men  to  victory.  Beneath  an  ex- 
terior of  calm  implacability  they  conceal  a 
wealth  of  sympathy  and  understanding,  and 
they  are  lenient  to  the  frailties  of  other  men. 
They  persistently  refuse  to  see  the  evil  where 
its  existence  is  quite  apparent  to  others.  They 


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are  looking  only  for  the  good  and  they  find 
much  that  others  overlook. 

The  physique  of  these  people  is  less  robust 
than  the  brain,  and  if  they  are  placed  among 
people  or  conditions  that  prey  upon  their 
sympathies,  they  become  physically  ill  and 
lose  health,  youth  and  vitality.  Beneath  the 
broad  public  spirit  of  these  people,  there  lies 
a  love  of  home  and  closer  associations.  They 
crave  the  sympathy  and  understanding  of 
domestic  companionship  and  their  worldly  suc- 
cess usually  comes  only  after  the  consumma- 
tion of  that  desire.  Both  the  women  and  men  of 
this  tribe  are  constant  and  faithful  to  those 
they  love.  Their  early  years  on  the  earth  are 
usually  fraught  with  vicissitudes  and  struggles 
that  sometimes  tinge  their  life  with  a  somber 
shadow.  But  success  in  the  end  is  usually 
their  reward  and  rarely  do  they  serve  more 
than  one  term  on  the  earth. 

Ahpo 

The  souls  that  reach  the  earth  during  the 
latter  part  of  October  and  the  first  half  of 
November  come  from  Ahpo.  These  people 
are  distinguished  by  their  determined,  com- 


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manding  nature.  They  seem  so  out  of  their 
element  on  the  earth  that  they  suffer  strange 
vicissitudes  of  fortune.  They  scarcely  sur- 
mount one  difficulty  or  push  through  one  ob- 
struction before  they  are  confronted  by 
another.  Their  paths  lead  into  channels  of 
stormy  adventure.  They  are  constantly  con- 
ceiving new  ideas  and  advancing  new  schemes, 
and  the  larger  the  scheme  the  better  they  like 
it  and  the  harder  they  work  for  it.  They  turn 
toward  the  fortunes  of  war  and  the  stock  ex- 
change as  naturally  as  the  needle  of  the 
compass  turns  to  the  North.  They  are  natural 
gamblers  and  usually  fortunate  in  all  games 
of  chance.  Whatever  they  undertake  they 
must  be  at  the  head  of  it.  They  must  lead 
in  their  own  way.  They  do  not  attempt  to 
force  their  convictions  on  others,  for  they  are 
too  busy  directing  their  own  course.  In  a 
controversy,  however,  they  display  a  provok- 
ing tenacity  and  maintain  their  point  right  or 
wrong.  The  women  have  more  sensitive  do- 
mestic tendencies  than  the  men  and  are  more 
constant.  Like  the  men,  however,  they  fret 
under  restraint  and  harbor  an  innate  aversion 
to  law  and  conventionality.  This  intolerance 


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of  the  tie  that  binds  renders  any  successful 
attempt  at  matrimony  almost  impossible. 

There  is  always  a  tendency  to  drift  toward 
places  of  fire,  blood  and  tragedy  and  the  close 
of  their  first  period  on  the  earth  is  likely  to  be 
as  tragic  as  the  beginning.  They  often 
succumb  to  narcotics  and  intoxicants. 

Ahro 

The  souls  that  arrive  on  the  earth  during 
the  latter  half  of  November  and  the  first  half 
of  December  come  from  the  division  called 
Ahro.  These  people  inherit  a  frank  progres- 
sive nature,  rich  in  love  and  hope  and  an  in- 
exhaustible faith  in  their  fellow-men. 

They  are  not  satisfied  to  acquire  personal 
success  alone;  they  want  to  take  their  friends 
with  them.  This  unnecessary  activity  is  be- 
yond the  comprehension  of  other  types  of 
people  who  see  no  need  for  such  energy  and 
hustle. 

Being  honest  and  conscientious  themselves, 
they  become  imbued  with  the  conviction  that 
they  must  remind  others  of  their  faults.  They 
seldom  err  except  in  their  over-zealousness  to 
put  down  men  or  institutions  that  they  con- 


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sider  unjust  or  oppressive.  At  such  times  their 
indignation,  while  virtuous  in  its  origin,  is  apt 
to  acquire  too  much  of  a  personal  aversion. 
Their  worthy  sympathy  for  the  oppressed  is 
likely  to  lead  them  toward  a  persecution  of 
the  successful.  In  their  haste  to  correct  a 
wrong  they  are  often  cruel  and  unjust.  Hav- 
ing convictions  about  things,  they  consider  it 
their  duty  to  proclaim  them,  even  though  they 
are  often  narrow  and  incorrect.  Combining 
remarkable  energy,  keen  insight  and  intuitive 
knowledge  of  outcomes,  they  become  excellent 
financiers  and  fortunate  in  any  enterprise  which 
involves  the  handling  of  money.  No  matter  in 
what  they  are  engaged,  these  people  will  be 
found  to  rush,  drive  and  push  their  affairs  in 
a  nerve-destroying  fashion  that  taxes  the 
mental  and  physical  endurance  to  the  utmost. 
Fortunately  they  are  well  endowed  with  physi- 
cal force.  They  usually  develop  an  interest 
in  the  occult  in  their  later  years  on  the  earth, 
then  with  the  eye  of  the  soul  they  seem  to 
catch  glimpses  of  the  divine  truth  of  life  and 
this  becomes  the  light  that  guides  them  back 
to  their  home.  They  love  with  their  char- 
acteristic tenacity  and  are  over-zealous  for 


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those  they  love,  expecting  over  much  of  them. 
To  them  marriage  is  a  serious  and  sacred  state 
and  one  not  to  be  entered  into  lightly. 

Ahso 

The  souls  that  enter  the  earth  life  during 
the  latter  part  of  December  and  the  first  half 
of  January  are  from  the  division  Ahso.  These 
people  possess  materialistic  estimates  of  life. 
They  are  cold,  calculating  and  exclusive;  are 
cautious  and  inherit  a  far-seeing  instinct  that 
precludes  the  possibility  of  impulse  ever  gain- 
ing the  mastery  over  their  reason.  They  are 
brave,  self-reliant  and  convert  the  obstacles  in 
their  path  into  stepping  stones  to  raise  them 
to  their  goal.  The  ambitions  of  these  men 
vary;  some  seek  distinction  and  supremacy  in 
the  political  field  and  become  successful 
leaders,  carrying  out  stupendous  undertakings, 
but  they  seldom  embark  upon  an  enterprise 
that  does  not  promise  handsome  personal  prof- 
its. The  more  modest  among  them  are  content 
to  become  speakers,  scholars  or  teachers,  that 
they  may  indulge  their  thirst  for  learning, 
They  place  book-knowledge  on  a  pedestal  and 


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bow    down    to   it,    overlooking    the    greater 
sources  of  supply. 

These  people  follow  their  ambition  with  a 
calm,  quiet  deliberation  that  gives  them  the 
victory  of  the  tortoise  over  the  hare.  They 
have  a  lesson  to  learn  in  the  value  of  love  and 
loving  companionship.  The  women  inherit  a 
more  tender  impulse  than  the  men,  but  they 
are  seldom  in  danger  of  attempting  "Love  in 
a  cottage/'  for  they  hold  a  high  regard  for 
titles,  pomp  and  pedigree.  They  prefer  power 
to  love,  pretty  dresses  to  pretty  speeches  and 
social  standing  above  all  things.  These  women 
are  seldom  popular  socially,  because  of  their 
imperious,  independent  natures.  In  whatever 
part  of  the  earth  they  may  be  placed  they  in- 
variably drift  toward  its  lonely,  obscure  cor- 
ners, its  ruined  abodes,  halls  of  past  glory  and 
places  of  retrospective  thought. 


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THE  REASON 

The  souls  from  each  division  bring  with 
them  to  the  earth  the  characteristics  they  pos- 
sessed at  home,  and  it  is  by  these  individualiz- 
ing characteristics  that  they  are  known  and 
seemingly  controlled.  In  submitting  and  giv- 
ing expression  to  these  peculiarities  they  are 
but  fulfilling  the  laws  of  the  universe  by  car- 
rying out  the  details  of  their  own  destiny.  The 
influence  which  all  souls  acknowledge  and  are 
subjected  to  is  not  planetary,  but  is  the 
thoughts  of  their  friends  on  the  earth  and  the 
planet  from  which  they  came  and  to  which 
they  will  again  return  some  day. 

It  is  the  undesirable  characteristics  ex- 
pressed by  the  souls  on  the  earth  that  caused 
them  to  be  exiled,  and  it  is  only  when  they 
have  conquered  these  tendencies  that  they 
will  be  permitted  to  return,  for  only  the  noble 
characteristics  of  each  tribe  are  tolerated  in 
the  planet  from  which  they  came. 

If  parents  will  refer  to  the  foregoing  guide, 
they  can  tell  from  whence  the  souls  of  their 


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children  came,  and  as  a  result,  what  they  may 
expect  from  them  as  their  bodies  develop. 
This  fore-knowledge  will  create  a  sympathy 
and  understanding  between  parents  and  child- 
ren that  will  smooth  out  the  rough  places  and 
aid  each  in  the  great  process  of  progression. 

The  souls  that  inhabit  each  division  of  the 
universe  watch  over  the  souls  that  were  exiled 
from  their  particular  planet.  They  extend  to 
them  all  the  encouragement  they  can  and  send 
to  them  all  the  ideas,  thoughts  and  suggestions 
for  their  unfoldment  that  they  will  accept. 

Curious  as  it  may  seem  to  you,  those  on  the 
earth  have  no  original  thoughts  of  their  own. 
The  thoughts  they  think  are  received  by  them 
from  the  inhabitants  of  other  planets.  Each 
soul  absorbs  most  readily  the  thoughts  and 
ideas  from  those  of  his  own  planet,  because  his 
previous  development  make  those  ideas  most 
clear  to  him.  Thus,  by  the  thoughts  and 
ideas  a  person  entertains,  can  you  tell  to  which 
division  of  the  universe  he  belongs. 

The  soul  that  is  truly  repentant  remains  not 
long  on  the  earth,  but  is  soon  drawn  back  to 
the  planet  from  which  it  came,  and  the  journey 
is  as  easily  accomplished  as  the  passage  of 


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a  ray  of  light  from  the  sun  to  the  earth.  When 
the  soul  is  sufficiently  purified  to  return  home, 
it  breaks  out  of  the  body  much  as  a  beautiful 
flower  breaks  out  of  a  seed.  Some  souls  re- 
main upon  the  earth  but  a  short  time,  a  few 
weeks  or  months  and  they  have  expiated  their 
transgression.  I  remember  often  hearing  it 
said  of  children  "He  or  she  is  not  long  for  this 
life ;  he  looks  so  beautiful,  peaceful  and  happy" 
and  "The  good  die  young."  Those  are  the 
souls  that  are  soon  freed  from  their  earthly 
prison. 

The  good  they  have  done  by  developing  in 
one  or  both  of  the  parents  a  greater  sympathy 
or  spirit  of  kindness,  and  a  better  and  more 
generous  view  of  life,  is  often  sufficient  to 
make  restitution  for  such  past  errors  as  they 
may  have  been  guilty  of  in  his  planet,  and  they 
are  quickly  released.  "Verily  the  children 
shall  teach  them." 

Some  souls  do  not  repent  and  bring  them- 
selves back  to  the  perfection  required  of  them 
in  the  course  of  one  physical  life,  and  as  a 
result  are  destined  to  remain  in  the  land  of 
torment  for  ages  and  be  reborn  to  the  earth 
time  and  time  again.  By  the  law  of  a  wise 


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creator,  each  time  they  are  given  a  new  body 
they  are  also  given  a  new  opportunity  to  cor- 
rect their  errors  and  be  called  back  home. 
Some  in  their  desparation  or  indifference  de- 
stroy their  body,  thinking  thus  to  break  the 
chain  that  binds  them  to  the  earth,  but  to  no 
avail,  for  their  destiny  must  be  fulfilled.  There 
is  one  way  and  only  one  by  which  they  can 
be  freed,  and  that  is  to  repent  of  their  past 
errors  and  take  up  again  the  work  of  soul  de- 
velopment in  a  new  body  and  fit  themselves  to 
return  to  the  planet  from  which  they  were 
exiled. 

You  will  possibly  ask  what  becomes  of  those 
souls  that  are  prematurely  released  by  the  ac- 
cidental destruction  of  the  body.  What  would 
you  do  if  the  residence  in  which  your  body 
now  lives  should  be  destroyed?  You  would 
find  another  house.  So  does  the  released  soul. 
For  on  earth  it  has  no  means  of  expression, 
except  through  the  organism  of  a  physical 
body.  Some  apparent  accidents  to  human 
bodies,  however,  are  in  reality  an  act  of  des- 
tiny. It  is  often  the  quick  release  of  a  soul 
that  it  may  go  back  home.  In  other  cases 
it  results  from  the  combined  exertion  of  one's 


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soul  friends  to  check  a  career  that  is  leading 
to  further  degradation.  The  release  of  a  soul 
from  a  body  that  was  too  strongly  influenced 
by  environments  that  were  harmful,  and  its 
removal  to  a  new  body,  surrounded  by  more 
elevating  influences,  gives  it  another  chance, 
and  shows  to  what  extent  the  life  of  each  per- 
son on  the  earth  is  watched  and  cared  for  by 
the  friends  beyond,  whose  work  it  is  to  reclaim 
fallen  souls  from  evil  and  bring  them  back 
to  the  good. 

What  you  call  intuition  is  the  whispering 
of  your  guardian  friends  from  your  planet  at- 
tempting to  guide  and  direct  you  into  the 
right  course.  They,  having  the  soul-sight,  can 
see  the  outcome  of  all  things  of  the  earth,  and 
know  what  its  inhabitants  should  do  in  each 
instance.  If  you  follow  these  silent  soul  whis- 
pers to  the  best  of  your  ability  you  will  ac- 
quire wisdom  and  greatly  shorten  your  stay 
in  the  land  of  torment  and  hasten  your  return 
to  the  life  beautiful.  If  you  do  not  obey  these 
kindly  offers  you  must  continue  to  suffer  on 
for  many  years. 

That  you  are  today  on  the  earth  is  the  proof 
that  you  fell  from  grace  and  indicates  one  of 


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two  things.  You  are  either  unprepared  to  re- 
turn and  fill  your  previous  place  among  your 
fellow-men,  or  you  have  a  mission  on  the  earth 
yet  to  perform  for  the  good  of  its  inhabitants, 
and  not  until  this  is  performed  will  you  be 
called  back  home. 


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THE  SCHEME  OF  THE  UNIVERSE 

The  vastness,  the  simplicity  and  the  perfect- 
ness  of  the  great  creative  scheme  of  the  uni- 
verse is  beyond  most  souls  to  comprehend. 
The  people  inhabiting  the  planets  in  each  of 
of  the  twelve  divisions  acquire  additional  light 
and  knowledge  as  they  progress  from  one  divi- 
sion to  another,  until  they  leave  the  twelfth 
and  pass  into  the  purely  spiritual  life  of  the 
celestial  heaven.  There  they  attain  to  such 
glory  and  happiness  as  none  on  the  earth  can 
understand  until  they  have  experienced  it.  It 
is  "the  peace  that  passeth  all  understanding." 
It  is  what  we  are  all  living,  working  and  striv- 
ing for.  It  is  the  one  thing  worth  while. 

In  the  whole  scheme  of  creation,  man  is  the 
highest  product  of  a  master  mind.  Those  seen 
on  the  earth  are  but  the  imperfect  specimens; 
those  that  have  failed  of  the  Master's  desire. 
On  the  earth  no  human  is  a  perfect  example 
of  God's  handiwork.  But  as  man  progresses 
through  the  spheres  in  the  course  of  his  des- 


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tiny  he  takes  on  greater  and  still  greater  per- 
fections of  body  and  mind,  each  change  bring- 
ing to  him  greater  marks  of  beauty  and 
youth.  For  it  is  known  that  the  soul  is  born 
old  and  grows  younger  as  it  follows  in  the 
path  of  its  destiny.  I  have  been  told  by  those 
who  have  spent  much  time  on  this  planet  that 
the  physical  body  becomes  less  material  in 
each  of  the  spheres,  as  it  advances,  until  the 
perfect  refinement  of  soul  and  body  are 
reached  in  the  twelfth  division,  and,  on  leav- 
ing there  for  the  celestial  heaven,  the  soul  and 
body  become  one  perfect  whole,  possessing 
powers  of  life  eternal. 

In  the  entire  progress  through  the  twelve 
divisions  the  soul  leaves  behind  it  the  body 
used  on  each  planet,  and  takes  a  new,  more 
perfect  and  more  suitable  one  on  the  next. 
Sometimes  several  bodies  are  occupied  on  one 
planet  before  the  soul  advances  to  a  higher 
division.  It  all  depends  upon  the  person.  He  may 
advance  rapidly  or  slowly,  accordingly  as  he 
obeys  the  laws  of  the  Creator,  or  at  any  time 
he  may  disobey  and  be  punished  by  an  exile 
to  the  planet  of  darkness — the  earth. 


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In  all  men  at  all  times  lies  the  germ  of 
greater  possibilities,  just  as  the  great  oak  lies 
resting  in  the  little  acorn  awaiting  to  be  called 
forth.  It  is  this  divine,  never-ending  source  of 
power  and  life  that  attracts  him  ever  for- 
ward and  onward  to  greater  development.  On 
the  earth  man  is  largely  a  creature  of  destiny, 
tied  down  and  made  to  suffer  for  his  own  mis- 
deeds. Man  on  the  other  planets  is  a  creator 
of  knowledge,  a  power  which  increases  as  he 
advances.  He  is  thus  enabled  to  make  his  life 
more  ideal. 

On  the  planet  which  I  inhabit  we  are  able, 
by  the  exercise  of  our  mental  forces,  to  attract 
at  will  the  vibrations  from  the  air  necessary  to 
produce  visible  pictures  of  persons,  places  or 
subjects  on  any  part  of  our  planet.  We  can 
produce  the  most  beautiful  music  by  the  har- 
monizing of  these  vibrations.  Music  here  can 
be  seen  in  beautiful  colors  as  well  as  heard. 
We  can  also  communicate  with  each  other  by 
a  concentration  and  projection  of  our  thought. 
We  can  build  up  pictures  and  designs  in  the 
brain  and  reproduce  them  in  detail  and  color- 
ing on  a  sensitized  plate.  This  is  a  great  ad- 


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vantage  to  architects,  landscape  gardeners  and 
designers  of  fabrics,  machinery,  etc.,  for  they 
can  see  in  advance  what  the  completed  article 
will  be  like. 

What  you  of  the  earth  know  of  these  things 
is  just  the  faint  impressions  that  some  way- 
ward soul  down  there  gets  from  some  friend 
up  here.  The  inventions  made  on  the  earth 
were  first  created  on  some  other  planet  and 
transmitted  by  a  friendly  soul  anxious  to  im- 
prove the  conditions  of  those  on  the  earth. 

We  are  also  able  to  see  to  the  earth,  if  we 
have  any  friends  in  exile  there,  and  if  we  have 
we  try  to  keep  up  communication  with  them 
and  render  them  all  possible  advice  and  sugges- 
tions until  they  are  reclaimed. 

We  do  not  visit  the  earth  in  search  of  lost 
souls,  as  you  of  the  earth  suppose,  but  during 
the  sleep  of  your  body,  while  you  are  free,  we 
establish  such  communication  with  you,  for 
your  good,  as  you  will  permit,  but  we  do  not 
leave  our  planet.  The  only  souls  that  actually 
appear  to  each  other  on  the  earth  plane  are 
those  who  own  bodies  there  or  those  who  are 


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just  leaving  the  earth  to  return  home  and  wish 
before  leaving  to  bid  farewell  to  one  to  whom 
they  have  become  attached.  Once  a  soul  is 
fully  released  from  the  body,  it  cannot  linger 
long  on  the  earth,  for  there  is  that  irresistible 
influence  of  its  destiny  that  draws  it  away. 

We  live  on  this  planet  much  as  you  do  on 
the  earth,  except  under  more  favorable  con- 
ditions. We  eat,  drink  and  sleep,  work,  study 
and  spend  much  time  in  perfecting  the  mind 
and  body.  This  in  turn  acts  upon  the  develop- 
ment of  the  real  being  of  the  soul.  We  have 
not  the  wickedness  to  contend  with  that  you 
have,  but  still  we  have  temptations  to  try  us 
and  test  us.  We  marry  and  give  birth  to 
physical  bodies,  which  are  taken  and  occupied 
by  the  souls  that  have  earned  the  right  to 
progress  from  their  planet  to  ours,  here  to  again 
become  little  children  and  be  taught  our  ways 
and  receive  our  guidance  and  instruction.  We 
realize  the  responsibility  of  this  trust  and  the 
children  receive  the  greatest  consideration  in 
the  land.  For  we  know  that  what  we  teach 
them  by  word  or  example  that  they  will  be- 
come in  the  future.  Therefore  if  through  our 


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neglect  or  wrong  teaching  they  should  go 
wrong,  we  would  be  exiled  and  would  have  our 
work  to  do  over  again.  By  the  law  of  the 
universe  none  can  shirk  his  duty,  and  in  this 
respect  our  duty  is  clear  and  we  try  to  obey  it. 

Here  we  have  no  conflicting  religious  views 
such  as  serve  to  torment  the  people  of  the 
earth.  Our  eyes  are  open  to  the  truth.  We 
know  the  law  of  life  and  progression  and  our 
efforts  will  ultimately  make  of  each  of  us  a 
perfect  glorified  spiritual  being.  We  have  our 
work  to  do  and  it  becomes  a  pleasure  to  do 
it.  We  take  instruction  from  those  above  us 
in  knowledge  and  teach  those  below  us,  and 
thus  the  work  of  progression  goes  on. 

We  have  a  physical  voice  for  speaking,  but 
we  use  it  very  little,  as  thought  projection  take 
its  place  almost  entirely.  We  use  very  little 
in  the  way  of  books  or  illustrations  in  teaching, 
except  the  records  of  science  and  history.  The 
eye  of  the  soul  is  used  to  search  out  the  thing 
that  is  needed,  and  by  these  object  lessons  one 
learns  quickly. 

We  know  that  each  soul  is  a  son  of  the 
Great  Soul  of  the  Universe  and  is  therefore 


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sacred.  We  know  also  that  each  life  fills  a 
place  in  the  great  plan  and  is  necessary  to  its 
completion,  just  as  each  grain  of  sand  is  neces- 
sary in  the  making  of  an  earth  and  each  drop 
of  water  in  the  making  of  an  ocean.  The  great 
could  not  exist  without  the  small.  Singly  we 
may  not  seem  to  be  very  important,  but  to 
gether,  fulfilling  our  destiny,  we  are  the  divine 
expression  of  the  force  that  shapes  the  uni- 
verse. 

The  children  born  on  each  planet  are  created 
for  the  express  purpose  of  furnishing  dwell- 
ings for  the  souls  that  are  sent  from  other 
planets.  During  the  month  of  judgment  in  each 
division,  some  are  promoted  and  advanced 
another  degree,  or  fraction  of  a  degree,  in  keep- 
ing with  their  development  and  obeyance  of 
the  laws,  while  others  are  moved  down  the 
scale  because  they  have  not  shown  the  ability 
and  strength  to  live  up  to  the  requirements  of 
their  surroundings,  while  others,  who  have 
willfully  or  carelessly  disobeyed  the  law  or 
injured  any  of  their  beings  are  exiled  to  the 
earth,  there  to  remain  until  they  have  fully 
atoned  for  the  wrong  done  and  are  again  fitted 


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to    associate    with  the  people  of  their  planet. 

By  the  system  of  the  judgment  seat  progress- 
ing each  month  to  the  next  division,  it  equal- 
izes the  supply  of  births  and  deaths  on  every 
planet  and  keeps  a  well  regulated  birth  rate 
on  the  earth.  Whether  new  souls  are  created 
at  any  time  or  in  any  number,  or  whether  it 
is  just  the  interchange  of  souls  from  planet 
to  planet  in  the  progression  of  humanity,  I  do 
not  know,  and  that  question  is  probably  only 
solved  by  those  who  pass  into  the  celestial 
heaven. 

It  is  a  grand,  glorious  and  just  system,  based 
wholly  upon  merit,  by  which  those  who  try  re- 
ceive their  reward  in  promotion  to  more  glori- 
ous realms  of  knowledge,  beauty  and  more  ideal 
conditions  of  life,  and  those  who  neglect  their 
duty  to  their  Creator  and  their  fellow-men,  bring 
punishment  and  suffering  upon  themselves. 
Each  has  himself  to  thank  or  to  blame,  each 
is  the  maker  of  his  own  destiny.  And  above 
all  we  have  our  Creator  to  thank  for  giving 
us  the  opportunity  to  try,  and,  when  we  fail, 
another  chance  to  try  again.  There  is  an 
inspiration  in  it  all.  There  are  so  many  possi- 


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bilities  to  work  for  and  such  great  pleasure, 
as  our  reward  for  success. 

The  person  who  tries  to  deceive  himself  into 
the  belief  that  the  death  of  the  body  ends  all, 
is  doing  himself  a  great  injury  by  bringing  more 
earthly  suffering  to  his  share  and  by  delaying 
his  chances  of  leaving  the  earth  for  realms  of 
power  and  glory  where  pleasure  and  happiness 
await  his  arrival.  As  ye  give  so  shall  ye  re- 
ceive and  as  ye  try  so  shall  ye  be  rewarded. 
The  balance  of  justice  is  so  fine  that  rewards 
and  punishments  are  automatic,  self-acting  and 
prompt. 

;  The  things  I  have  told  you  of  the  earth  and 
of  the  planet  I  am  now  living  on  I  know  to  be 
a  fact  from  personal  experience.  What  I  have 
told  you  of  the  system  of  progress  beyond  this 
I  have  learned  from  those  who  have  received 
the  information  much  as  you  are  receiving  this 
by  a  connecting  link  between  a  soul  here  and 
one  gone  forward  to  the  next  division.  I 
learned  that  it  is  only  in  rare  cases  that  such 
harmony  is  established  between  souls  of  a 
different  sphere,  but  that  it  has  occurred  a 
sufficient  number  of  times  on  record  to  leave 


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us  a  reliable  knowledge  of  the  law  of  progres- 
sion, therefore  we  do  not  work  in  the  dark 
as  you  do  of  the  earth.  It  is  recorded  that 
many  attempts  have  been  made  to  convey  to 
some  soul  on  the  earth  the  knowledge  I  am 
giving  to  you,  but  without  a  definite  result. 
The  information  has  always  been  misconstrued 
and  misapplied.  May  you  use  it  wisely  and 
make  it  known  to  all  who  are  ready  to  learn 
the  truth. 


This  has  been  written  as  it  was  revealed  to 
me.     I  submit  it  for  your  consideration. 

A.  VICTOR  SEGNO. 


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